Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:22 PM

An Indian Sadhu or Hindu holy man reads a newspaper on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati river, which is illuminated for the upcoming one-month-long Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam during the Mahakumbh festival in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)